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A Celebration Of The Life And Work Of Dr. Vincent Harding, Aajay Murphy
A Celebration Of The Life And Work Of Dr. Vincent Harding, Aajay Murphy
Aajay Murphy
Poster created for the memorial service of Dr. Vincent Harding, held on August 22nd, 2014.
Patrick Scott’S Work For Signa Design Consultants, Mary Ann Bolger
Patrick Scott’S Work For Signa Design Consultants, Mary Ann Bolger
Mary Ann Bolger
This essay examines Patrick Scott’s work as a designer in mid-twentieth century Ireland. It focuses in particular on the work of one of Ireland’s first modern design consultancies, Signa, where Scott was the general design consultant. The paper argues that Signa’s designs provided an early model for a design vocabulary that could be, in the words of the British design critic Herbert Read, both “Irish and contemporary”.